Protector and guide-sheath for nail-files



I. W. IVORY.

PROTECTOR AND GUIDE SHEAIH FOR NAIL FILES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-10, I919.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIWI I l I JAMES W. IVORY, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

PROTECTOR AND GUIDE-SHEATH FOR N AIL-FILES.

Application filed November 10, 1919. Serial No. 336,963.

To all whom 2 3771011] concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES TV. hour, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Protector and Guide-Sheathfor Nail-Files, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in providing a nail file with a protector andguide sheath therefor, the construction of the same and advantages ofthe same being hereinafter described, and the novel features thereofpointed out in the claims that follow the specification.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing,but the important instrumenta'lities the eof may be varied, and so it isto be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificdetails shown and described, as long as they are within the spirit orscope of the claims.

Figures 1 and 2 represent views of opposite faces of the protector andguide sheath embodying my inventiomthe same including a file to whichthe device is applied.

Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section thereof on line 33 Fig. 1.

Fig. l represents a face view of the sheath itself.

Figs. 5, 6, and 7 represent transverse sections thereof on linesrespectively 5-5, 66 and 7-? Fig. 1.

Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 represent other em bodiments of my invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings,

designates a nail file which excepting features of my invention appliedthereto f well known form.

signates a sheat 1, the same consisting pointed plate 3 of suitablepiece of metal, horn. celluloid, or other suitable material, having onits sides in the longitudinal direction thereof the flanges 4: whichextend at an angle from said sides. thus forming in a measure a channelin which the file is seated, the file frictionally engaging the innerwalls of said flanges and so retaining its position on the sheath, thisbeing assisted by the lips which are inturned from proper portions ofthe flanges and overhang the file thereat, as most plainly shown in Fig.1.

In the face of the file near the point 6 of the sheath are the taperingor beveled grooves or channels 7 which lead to the inner fipecificationof Letters'Patent.

, faces beveled, or they said flanges being on contact with these softPatented Feb.

sides of the adjacent portions of the flanges and serve to guide thenail to said portions, either of said grooves or channels being adaptedto receive the edge of a nail for that purpose.

The sheath in Figs/1,2, 3, and-4 is extended beyond the head end of thefile forming the handle 8 for operating the device, while in Fig. 8, thehandle is of increased length providing a greater grasping surface;

The end of the fileat the point portion of the'sheath has the slope 9thereon, the same serving to guide the nail from said portion to theadjacent surface of the file.

In Fig. 9, a point sectionlO of horn, hard rubber, etc., continuous ofthe relative end of a short file is riveted or otherwise secured firmlyto the sheath. Continuous of the other end of the file is the auxiliaryhandle section 11 which is seated on the sheath and retained in positionby the flanges 4 and lips 5 and serving to strengthen the portion of thesheath to which said section 11 is applied.

It will be seen that the flanges 4 are of a height equal to thethickness of the file and extend above the face of the latter, theextended portions having their inner walls or may be semi-rounded,opposite sides of the sheath.

It will be seen also that in the use of the device thefianges 4 give theangle that the file should have as it engages the nail, so that the filewill not cut the nail on a perpendicular line but slightly undercorresponding to the angle of the bevel of the guide flanges whichlatter act as a shield to protect the soft tissues or quick sensitivefibers of connective tissues and delicate skin fibers from the edges ofthe teeth of the file, as said flanges on the shield stand in the way sothat the edges of the file cannot come in tissues beneath the nail. i

The grooves or channels 7 facilitate the entrance of the free end of thenail to the file, the flanges taking the same bevel as the side flangesso as to be readily applied to the corners of the nail to be filed.

The point of the sheath which extends beyond the file is for cleansingbeneath the nail, and the handle portion 8 having its outer end rounder.is adapted as a cuticle pusher, the same being true of the correspondingend of the handle section 11.

end of the sheath and takes the place of the point 6 of the latter as acleanser beneath a inwardly so tending therefrom,

nail, and it is cut away on its side borders so as not to interfere withthe nail in its pas-- sage on the edge of the sheath, the flanges :ofthe latter extending above the cut away borders of said section l0, thesame being true of the handle section 11, and thislatter section mayalso serve as a cuticle pusher.

If desired, the flanges 4 may be beveled as to take hold of the file, inwhich case the file may be fitted into the sheath by sliding it on theplate or back 2 of the sheath through the lips 5 and between thebeveledflanges, whereby the sheath is firmly connected with the fileand thelatter may be readily removed from the sheath by drawing it out of thesame.

In Figs. 10 and 11 I showthe point portion of the file somewhat twistedor spiral, soas to cleanse both the nail and the flesh at one operation,and also adapting the points for cleansing in reverse order as the fileis applied to the right hand, to the left, and vice versa. 1

Having thusdescribed my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

. 1. Asheath for a nail file consisting of a plate having on the sidesthereof flanges extending therefrom, said plate being adapted to have afile endwise insertible therein and seated thereon,' and by said flangesto engage the sides of the file, the space between said flanges beingtapered lengthwise oi the plate.

2. A sheath for a nail file consisting of a plate having on the siddesthereof flanges eX- to have a file endwise insertible therein and seatedthereon, and said flanges to engage the sides of the file, the sparebetween said flanges beingtapered lengthwise of'the plate, and lipsinturned from to overhang the fate of the file. V

3. A sheath for a nail file consisting of a 7 pointed plate having onthe sides thereof flanges extending angularly therefrom, the le beingadapted to be inserted endwise therein and to be seated on said plateand engaged by said flanges, the file having therein adjacent to itspoint channels leading,

to said flanges. 4. sheath plate being adapted the flanges adapted for anail file consisting of a 7 plate having flanges on its sides, saidplate being adapted to have the file endwise insertibie therein andseated thereon andhave said flanges engage the sides of the file, thespace between said flanges being tapered lengthwise of the plate,aterminal of the sheath extending from the terminal of the file beingadapted'to form a handle and a cuticle pusher. 1

5. A sheath for a nail file consisting of a plate having flanges on itssides, said plate being adapted to have'the file endwise insertibletherein and seated thereon, and said flanges to engage the sides of thefile, a point at one end of'said sheath,and a file at the point portionof the sheath having a'slope thereon.

6. A sheath for a nail file consisting of a plate having flanges on itssides, said plate being adapted to havev the file endwise insertibletherein and seated thereon, and said flanges to engage the sides of thefile, a point at one end of said sheath, and a handle and cuticle pusheron the other end, and a file at the point portion of the sheath having aslope thereon.

9. A sheath pointed at one end and having side flanges and bendable lipson said flanges, and'a file between said flanges with said lips bentthereover, said file having in its face near the point grooves beveledupon opposite sides toward said langes.

10.. A sheath pointed at one end and having side flanges and bendablelips on said flanges, anda file between said flanges with said lips bentthereover, said file having in its fa; e near the point groovesbeveledupon opposite sides toward said flanges, the inner faces of theadjacent portions oi the flanges being correspondingly beveled.

V JAMES W. IVORY.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. VIEDERSHEIM, N. BUSSINGER.

